Just BE
It’s been a long, long time since I’ve posted here. About a month and a half. That was not my intention.
My intention was to live up to my new word of 2011–”BE.” As demonstrated in my little art project above. All created on the second day of this new year.
But on January 7, I received a call from a close friend. Her brother was killed while serving as a U.S. Marine in Afghanistan.
And instantaneously, things went topsy turvy. Good intentions went out the door.
Now, I cannot even imagine the pain and the grief that my friend, her family, her brother’s wife and all who knew him and loved him are going through, have gone through and will continue to go through.
I had met this young man when he was only 10 years old. I had watched him grow up. After he graduated high school, I really did not see him much. When he was killed, he had only been 24 years old for a few months. He had also been three weeks away from coming home.
But being part of their grieving and observing the funeral of a fallen hero affected me in ways I cannot begin to put into words.
Among the little things, it’s helped me to be more grateful. To try and remember what a very short time we really do have here on earth.
To work on just “BE”ing. I hope you have patience with me while I try to find my way back.
